Chicken Run Gate Designs

As a newbie chicken owner i don t know how to build fence but i definitely have to redo what my dh did for our current run.

Chicken run gate designs.

I just love it. And chickens eating then pooping out plants. By brian barth on september 8 2015. Build a gate frame to fit the space of the entryway a 2 by 6 foot rectangle using 2á 2 lumber.

Though the smart chicken coop sells predator proof chicken runs we encourage our customers build their own runs or to use our smart coop runs in combination with a homemade run. Plan the layout of your run next to your chicken coop. He put steel posts in the corners only about 10 ft apart then tied the hardware cloth buried only about 2 inches to the posts with steel fence ties. Build a chicken run without digging post holes without messing with cement and using minimal tools and materials.

There are a number of chicken run designs that manufacturers use and a few other home made runs that are successful. This video will show you how i made a 10 x 10 pvc chicken run for your hens. How to build a chicken coop. Raising happy healthy chickens naturally and gardening with chickens lives with her husband on a small hobby farm in maine where she raises a mixed flock of chickens and ducks grows herbs and enjoys cooking using fresh vegetables from her garden and fresh eggs from her coop.

I tend to call both the chicken run. This gives your chickens more room for roaming around. So sturdy and strong. Our number one goal other than adding a large garden to our new homestead was to have rotational chicken runs around the garden to reduce feeding costs.

Measure the planned length and width of the run to find the total area compare the area of the chicken run to the minimum. Aim to make the sides similar in length rather than long and narrow. It is easy to do. Nail or screw a 2á 4 in a horizontal position between the aforementioned posts on the right front corner of the run at a height of 6 feet.

A couple of months ago i had a very minor hardly worth mentioning actually nervous break down. Total cost for this project at the time of the video was 165. Rotational chicken runs can greatly help to reduce feeding costs because you can let an area rest and grow to have more weeds and bugs. As much as i loved the romantic notion of chickens wandering around my backyard i was not so in love with.

Lay boards on the ground to get an idea of the shape and size your chicken run will be. The chicken run is nearly complete and my awesome hubby built the gate last night. Lisa steele a 5th generation chicken keeper and master gardener and author of the popular books fresh eggs daily.